Section 13 Serial Communication Interface; Features - Hitachi H8S/2215 Series Hardware Manual

Section 13 Serial Communication Interface

This LSI has three independent serial communication interface (SCI) channels. The SCI can
handle both asynchronous and clocked synchronous serial communication. Serial data
communication can be carried out using standard asynchronous communication chips such as a
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) or an Asynchronous Communication
Interface Adapter (ACIA). A function is also provided for serial communication between
processors (multiprocessor communication function).
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Features

• Choice of asynchronous or clocked synchronous serial communication mode
• Full-duplex communication capability
The transmitter and receiver are mutually independent, enabling transmission and reception to
be executed simultaneously.
Double-buffering is used in both the transmitter and the receiver, enabling continuous
transmission and continuous reception of serial data.
• On-chip baud rate generator allows any bit rate to be selected
External clock can be selected as a transfer clock source (except for in Smart Card interface
mode).
• Choice of LSB-first or MSB-first transfer (except in the case of asynchronous mode 7-bit data)
• Four interrupt sources
Transmit-end, transmit-data-empty, receive-data-full, and receive error — that can issue
requests.
The transmit-data-empty interrupt and receive data full interrupts can be used to activate the
direct memory access controller (DMAC) or data transfer controller (DTC).
• Module stop mode can be set
Asynchronous mode
• Data length: 7 or 8 bits
• Stop bit length: 1 or 2 bits
• Parity: Even, odd, or none
• Receive error detection: Parity, overrun, and framing errors
• Break detection: Break can be detected by reading the RxD pin level directly in the case of a
framing error
• Average transfer rate generator (SCI_0): 720 kbps, 460.784 kbps, or 115.192 kbps can be
selected at 16 MHz
• A transfer rate clock can be input from the TPU (SCI_0)
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